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Old 07-01-2005, 03:56 PM   #31
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It's been in the mid 60's today, but cloudy.
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Old 07-01-2005, 04:21 PM   #32
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I'm embarassed to say! Weather out the window is sunny and still, with just the last bit of morning fog burning off. The high today is going to be 78, with low humidity, just like every other day this week. But, people, I pay through the nose to live in weather like this!
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Pretty much the same except the fog is totally gone now. Looking out the kitchen window it does look like it hasn't receeded through the Golden Gate yet.
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Damp and overcast- still pretty muggy but the weekend is supposed to be beautiful!

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Same here....it's 71 degrees, and looks like it's going to pour soon!!!
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Old 07-01-2005, 06:12 PM   #34
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It is the 90's and very sticky .
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mid 90s, and a bit windy, nothing bad. Also it's humid.
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rainy now and it cooled off (was almost 90) and we are having bad thunderstorms, hail is supposedly on the way. we were supposed to go camping!
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hot, humid and now thundering!
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Today was pretty nice, cooler than it has been with just mid to upper 70's and sunshine. We've had 90's for the past several days.
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It was beautiful from South Dakota through Iowa, through Missouri, and into Illinois. This is the first time it hasn't rained on us as we drove through St. Louis. It was just beautiful for our drive.
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It was 80 and sunny today. A nice change from the hot humid weather we've had lately.
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Its hot, too hot, the temp could go down about 20 degrees and I would be happy.
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It was super hot here today, about 100, but dry as a bone, of course! It looks like 90s from here on out. Summer has finally arrived!
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Hot and humid... summer in the South.
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I'm a day late but yesterday it rained pretty much all day, with lots of thunder and lightening It's been so hot lately that I thought that would cool things down, but nope... today it was hot and humid again!
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